Comments on: AOL’s mail servers, a pain in the b… http://blog.assarbad.net/20080307/aols-mail-servers-a-pain-in-the-b/ Programming, reverse engineering and anything else as well ... Sat, 17 May 2008 20:31:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: Oliver http://blog.assarbad.net/20080307/aols-mail-servers-a-pain-in-the-b/#comment-36332 Oliver Sun, 16 Mar 2008 18:43:59 +0000 http://blog.assarbad.net/20080307/aols-mail-servers-a-pain-in-the-b/#comment-36332 Hi Phil, thanks for the comment. It seems there may be one caveat in their rules. I cannot guarantee that there will be at least one mail every 90 days. The rest would probably match their requirements list. But I think the AOL customers have more power to change those policies through their wallets ;) // Oliver Hi Phil,

thanks for the comment. It seems there may be one caveat in their rules. I cannot guarantee that there will be at least one mail every 90 days. The rest would probably match their requirements list.

But I think the AOL customers have more power to change those policies through their wallets ;)

// Oliver

]]> By: Phil http://blog.assarbad.net/20080307/aols-mail-servers-a-pain-in-the-b/#comment-36326 Phil Sun, 16 Mar 2008 15:45:32 +0000 http://blog.assarbad.net/20080307/aols-mail-servers-a-pain-in-the-b/#comment-36326 We've found the best way to get legitimate mail through to AOL subscribers is by signing up to the AOL Feedback Loop. This allows you to put the IP addresses of each server you maintain onto a list. When an AOL customer marks something as spam you get sent an email that contains the spam email. It's a PITA (especially when AOL members mark totally legitimate personal mails as spam), but short of blocking AOL email accounts (as you have done), you have to play their game. Take solace in the fact that they are heamoraging 2,000,000 subscribers in the US alone per year. We’ve found the best way to get legitimate mail through to AOL subscribers is by signing up to the AOL Feedback Loop.

This allows you to put the IP addresses of each server you maintain onto a list. When an AOL customer marks something as spam you get sent an email that contains the spam email.

It’s a PITA (especially when AOL members mark totally legitimate personal mails as spam), but short of blocking AOL email accounts (as you have done), you have to play their game.

Take solace in the fact that they are heamoraging 2,000,000 subscribers in the US alone per year.

]]> By: Chris http://blog.assarbad.net/20080307/aols-mail-servers-a-pain-in-the-b/#comment-36167 Chris Thu, 13 Mar 2008 22:46:08 +0000 http://blog.assarbad.net/20080307/aols-mail-servers-a-pain-in-the-b/#comment-36167 Just irony! Just irony!

]]> By: Chris http://blog.assarbad.net/20080307/aols-mail-servers-a-pain-in-the-b/#comment-36166 Chris Thu, 13 Mar 2008 22:45:51 +0000 http://blog.assarbad.net/20080307/aols-mail-servers-a-pain-in-the-b/#comment-36166 Who the heck is AOL, btw? Who the heck is AOL, btw?

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